Talks with Manchester City defender Kompany

Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws claims that Barcelona has contacted Manchester City central defender and defensive midfielder and Belgian international Vincent Kompany (23).

Barcelona would last week have talked with Jacques Lichtenstein, the agent of Kompany, sounding him out about the player's willingness to join Barcelona during the summer transfer window.

Even though Barcelona would have made clear he was at that time still only an alternative option in case the transfer of Shakhtar centre-back Chygrynskiy wouldn't go through, Kompany informed the club through his agent that he's interested in a transfer to Barcelona. With the transfer of Chygrynskiy now almost certainly excluded (read more here), Barcelona could this week start moving for Kompany.

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